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2020 (10th of 50 events in the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Season)

Augusta, November 12-15, 2020 FedExCup Points: 600 (winner) Augusta National Club /Yards: 36-36—72/7,475 Purse: TBD

Third-Round Notes – Saturday, November 14, 2020

Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 74. Wind ENE 5-10 mph.

Third-Round Leaderboard 65-70-65—200 (-16) Sungjae Im 66-70-68—204 (-12) 68-67-69—204 (-12) 67-68-69—204 (-12) 65-73-67—205 (-11)

Things to Know • Dustin Johnson takes four-stroke lead, ties Masters Tournament scoring record for 54 holes (200) • Johnson ties ’ Masters Tournament record with 10th consecutive under-par score • Johnson is 0-for-4 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead in major championships to date • Abraham Ancer, Cameron Smith can become first player to record four scores in the 60s in one year at the Masters • Tiger Woods enters the final round T20 after an even-par 72

Third-Round Lead Notes 46 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win the Masters Tournament (most recent: /2018) 2 Third-round leaders/co-leaders to win in 2020-21 (Sergio Garcia/Sanderson Farms Championship, /Shriners Hospitals for Children Open)

Dustin Johnson (1st/-16) Category Entering the week Age 36 (6/22/1984) FedExCup 17 OWGR 1 Major championship wins 1 Starts at the Masters 9 Wins at the Masters 0 Top-10s at the Masters 4 Career PGA TOUR starts 276 Career PGA TOUR wins 23 Career PGA TOUR top-10s 105 PGA TOUR starts in 2020-21 2 PGA TOUR wins in 2020-21 0 PGA TOUR top-10s in 2020-21 2

• At 16-under 200, ties the Masters Tournament scoring record for 54 holes, matching ’s mark from 2015 • Records 10th consecutive under-par score at the Masters, tying Tiger Woods’ record for longest streak in tournament history (Woods’ streak: R3/2000 – R4/2002) • 22nd career 54-hole lead/co-lead in 72-hole events on the PGA TOUR; 10 wins in the previous 21 instances (2010 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, 2013 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2016 BMW Championship, 2017 The Genesis Invitational, 2018 Sentry Tournament of Champions, 2018 FedEx St. Jude Classic, 2018 RBC , 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship, 2020 , 2020 )

• 0-for-4 to date when holding 54-hole lead/co-lead in major championships Tournament Outright/co-lead Result 2020 Masters Tournament Solo (4) TBD 2020 PGA Championship Solo (1) T2 2018 U.S. Open Tied 3rd 2015 U.S. Open Tied T2 2010 U.S. Open Solo (3) T8

• Fifth 54-hole lead/co-lead in his last seven starts on TOUR Tournament Result Masters Tournament TBD TOUR Championship Won BMW Championship P2 THE NORTHERN TRUST Won PGA Championship T2

• Seven players (eight instances) have won the Masters Tournament following a runner-up finish the year prior Year Winner Previous year 2015 Jordan Spieth T2 1984 T2 1972 T2 1970 T2 1965 Jack Nicklaus T2 1962 T2 1942 2nd 1939 T2

• One major championship title, which came at the 2016 U.S. Open; trailed by four strokes entering the final round before recording a 1-under 69 to win by three • Four consecutive top-10s at the Masters (T6/2015, T4/2016, T10/2018, T2/2019; DNP/2017) • Holds the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking entering the Masters for the third time in the last four years (No. 2 in 2019; regained the No. 1 position after the Masters) • Last World No. 1 to win the Masters Tournament: Tiger Woods, 2002 • Last World No. 1 to win on TOUR: Johnson, 2020 TOUR Championship • Finished T2 at last week’s Vivint • Top-10s in each of his last six starts, including five results of T2 or better: T2/PGA Championship, Won/THE NORTHERN TRUST, P2/BMW Championship, Won/TOUR Championship, T6/U.S. Open, T2/Vivint Houston Open • Reigning FedExCup champion • Ranks 27th all-time with 23 PGA TOUR wins; would move into a tie for 26th with with a victory • With a win, would extend his streak of consecutive seasons with a win to start his career to 14, tying Tiger Woods for third-longest all-time

Additional Player Notes • No player has ever recorded four scores in the 60s in one Masters Tournament; Abraham Ancer (68-67-69) and Cameron Smith (67-68-69) can become the first with a final-round score in the 60s • Sungjae Im (T2) holds the best 54-hole position of his PGA TOUR career; previous-best position: 3rd/2018 (finished T4) • Abraham Ancer (T2) is looking to become the second player from Mexico to win on TOUR in as many weeks (/Vivint Houston Open); Ancer, along with and , is one of three players in the top 25 of the Official World Golf Ranking without a PGA TOUR victory (last to earn first TOUR victory in a major: , ) • Two-time PGA TOUR winner Cameron Smith’s best result in 16 prior major championship appearances is T4 at the 2015 U.S. Open • World No. 2 (72) and No. 3 (71) fail to break 70 for the first time in three rounds; each player held a share of the 36-hole lead and enters the final round outside the top five • Tiger Woods enters the final round in a tie for 20th after an even-par 72 • Amateurs to make the cut: (T36/-2), John Augenstein (T50/E)

Course Statistics Toughest Hole Easiest Hole R1: Par-4 10th (4.250) Par-5 2nd (4.489) R2: Par-4 18th (4.308) Par-5 2nd (4.422) R3: Par-4 18th (4.383) Par-5 2nd (4.533)

Scoring Averages Front 9 Back 9 Total Cumulative R1: 35.478 35.935 71.413 -- R2: 35.844 36.022 71.811 71.610 R3: 36.117 35.650 71.767 71.649

Bogey-free rounds R1 (4): (65), Dustin Johnson (65), (67), Tiger Woods (68) R2 (4): Rory McIlroy (66), Jon Rahm (66), C.T. Pan (66), (68) R3 (3): Dustin Johnson (65), Dylan Frittelli (67), Cameron Smith (69)